Hi there

I saw that my session includes /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-at-session.desktop which is not protected by any GConf checks.  So the gnome-at-visual shell script is run on all logins and runs some commands and calls into GConf.

I think it would be nice to avoid all these startup checks for most sessions; for instance /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-registryd-wrapper.desktop tests for "AutostartCondition=GNOME /desktop/gnome/interface/accessibility".

Would it make sense to add the same check for /etc/xdg/autostart/gnome-at-session.desktop?

I'm not sure whether this is the correct key as it seems this key isn't currently honoured for these apps; perhaps the "/startup" AT GConf keys should really be dropped in favour of just unsetting the preferred screen reader app etc. (or setting it to an empty string).  Or perhaps the gnome-at-session desktop should be split in two to start the preferred visual and the preferred mobility apps?

What do you think?

Thanks,